I miss the desert & the ocean, but I love the laws being passed in Minnesota to protect individuals. Winter still sucks, but Climate Change'll deal with that 🙄
"Do you live where you belong?" sounds to me like there is one and only one place where you belong, and once you found it, you will feel that magical connection between your soul and the spirit of the locality, and you become part of it and it becomes part of you.
"Do you belong where you live?" sounds to me like you live in a place, and you feel that it's all good that you're here, but there might be many such places, and that's ok.
But that may be just me, I'm not a native speaker.
Qualified no as I barely recognize my country lately. I can get too much more American, though. Some of my ancestors who were already here greeted other ancestors when they arrived on that first boat at what became known as Jamestown back in the 1600s.
"And everybody out here They wanna live somewhere else I wish I could find a place And stay there by myself And bit by bit I swear I think I'm losing All this city's confidence"
This is an interesting and timely question, as I've been thinking about it a lot.
I come out as a qualified no.
I currently live where I grew up and since childhood I've always struggled with community connection here. I try, by going to events and such, but I forever feel like an outsider and can't put my finger on why.
I've lived and spent time in other locations, but have never felt that profound lack of connection in them.
At the moment, I don't have a lot of choice so I'm trying to make the best of it.
I belong in a #carfree city. There are very few on this entire planet. Finnish pseudo-cities are the furthest one can get from one in Europe; I feel more at home almost anywhere else in Europe.
Yep, when I lived in London but had traveled to New Zealand to visit my family the passport control officer questioned me about my trip.
Where have you been? Are the people nice there? Well why didn't you stay there?
It was cruel to me, as a white person of British descent, fully documented and trying to make a life for myself in London. I can only imagine how much worse it was for other people who were the specific, racist, targets, as part of the 'hostile environment' policy.
What does it mean to belong somewhere? From a selfish viewpoint, it might mean to feel comfortable with the people and surroundings. From an social justice viewpoint, not to live on stolen land - among other things. From one of environmental justice, to live in a place where one can live without undue impact. I live in North America and - like the vast majority of us - I'm not indigenous. So - D- on that.
This was a good poll. Lots of interesting comments.
I'm a qualified yes. I love my home and my community in Montreal and my second home in Richmond the Eastern Townships, but I'm a settler on indigenous land, and we haven't figured out how that can be a just situation yet.
I'm also far from my parents and brothers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and my extended family in New Jersey.
Deciding where you live on this planet is a huge privilege. Most people don't get to choose. The globe isn't a Tinder app they can swipe left and right on.
I'm glad I and my kids have a lot of optionality, but that comes with some pressure to make the right decisions.
we emigrated as a family from the UK to NZ, living here now since 2017.
We’ve had a fair amount of privilege in being able to do so. It has also been hard work, and yes, a pressure to be sure about what we were doing, especially for our kids !
The advice I gave my 17-year-old daughter is this: keep a base here in Montreal, and visit other places as much as you can. Live in them temporarily for months or even years. But keep this place as your home.
My kids both grew up here their entire lives. I feel like that was a big gift we gave them. I hope they know how important it is to keep it, and I hope they never feel stifled by it.
EDVARDS
•RamenCatholic 🐢 🌈
•Peter Brown
•Evan Prodromou
•rabble
•Denny Vrandečić
•Evan Prodromou
•Denny Vrandečić
•"Do you belong where you live?" sounds to me like you live in a place, and you feel that it's all good that you're here, but there might be many such places, and that's ok.
But that may be just me, I'm not a native speaker.
Stephen Michael Kellat
•Thanasis Kinias
•⚜️Δρakakiς🍁
•They wanna live somewhere else
I wish I could find a place
And stay there by myself
And bit by bit I swear I think I'm losing
All this city's confidence"
~ Jim Bryson - Somewhere Else
nikkiana
•I come out as a qualified no.
I currently live where I grew up and since childhood I've always struggled with community connection here. I try, by going to events and such, but I forever feel like an outsider and can't put my finger on why.
I've lived and spent time in other locations, but have never felt that profound lack of connection in them.
At the moment, I don't have a lot of choice so I'm trying to make the best of it.
Evan Prodromou
•https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20030213W/This_is_where_you_belong
This is where you belong (2016 edition) | Open Library
Open LibraryTremarctos Ornatus
•#FuckCars #BanCars
ghostdancer
•CynBlogger™️ 🇺🇸 GOTV!
•Evan Prodromou
•CynBlogger™️ 🇺🇸 GOTV!
•aeva
•Lyall
•Evan Prodromou
•Lyall
•Where have you been? Are the people nice there? Well why didn't you stay there?
It was cruel to me, as a white person of British descent, fully documented and trying to make a life for myself in London. I can only imagine how much worse it was for other people who were the specific, racist, targets, as part of the 'hostile environment' policy.
Lyall
•Evan Prodromou
•Blaidd Drwg
•S Vermin Rose
•Evan Prodromou
•I'm a qualified yes. I love my home and my community in Montreal and my second home in Richmond the Eastern Townships, but I'm a settler on indigenous land, and we haven't figured out how that can be a just situation yet.
I'm also far from my parents and brothers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and my extended family in New Jersey.
Evan Prodromou
•I'm far from their origins in Athens, Crete, and Greek-speaking Asia Minor.
As well as my mother's family's origins in Ireland, Wales, England, The Netherlands, and Germany.
I feel like I have set down roots here in Montreal in these last 20 years, but I have homes too many other places to not feel restless.
Evan Prodromou
•https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20030213W/This_is_where_you_belong?edition=key%3A/books/OL27210260M
This is where you belong (2016 edition) | Open Library
Open LibraryEvan Prodromou
•I'm glad I and my kids have a lot of optionality, but that comes with some pressure to make the right decisions.
Dave ✨🏳️🌈
•We’ve had a fair amount of privilege in being able to do so. It has also been hard work, and yes, a pressure to be sure about what we were doing, especially for our kids !
Evan Prodromou
•Evan Prodromou
•My kids both grew up here their entire lives. I feel like that was a big gift we gave them. I hope they know how important it is to keep it, and I hope they never feel stifled by it.
rail enthusiast wife Daria
•I just keep trying to do the best I can, where I am, even across multiple attempts at starting anew in a place where I felt like I might have support.
Maybe this time, maybe this is the one. But I have no faith this will be where I belong.
Evan Prodromou
•Maybe the fact that you don't feel like you particularly belong anywhere could be freeing?
Like, if you don't feel like you particularly belong anywhere, then there's no place that's better than where you're at?
Just a thought, hope it helps.
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20030213W/This_is_where_you_belong?edition=key%3A/books/OL27210260M
This is where you belong (2016 edition) | Open Library
Open Libraryrail enthusiast wife Daria
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